Since then, however, their political paths have dramatically diverged.

The former Brazilian president, squeezed by criminal investigations, looks to the United States to shift his nation’s politics — and maybe keep him a free man.

Brazil’s Supreme Court barred former President Jair Bolsonaro from leaving the country to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday.

Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday he hopes Donald Trump will help him overcome his legal woes and work to oppose "judicial activism" in other countries.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claims political persecution after being denied permission to attend Donald Trump's inauguration. The Supreme Court ruled Bolsonaro does not hold a position to represent Brazil.

Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, banned from leaving Brazil due to allegations he plotted a coup, has appealed to the Supreme Court to attend the Jan. 20 ceremony in Washington.

Bolsonaro said his lawyer has already made a request to get his passport back so he could “attend this honorable and important historical event.”

Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal for it to reconsider a previous decision barring him from traveling to the U.S. to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Argentine President Javier Milei's attendance is historically significant. No serving foreign leader has ever attended a U.S. presidential inauguration.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro says he is the victim of political persecution as he accompanied his wife to the airport to board a flight to represent him at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.